US Air Cargo Industry Gets $869.5M USTRANSCOM Shot in the Arm
The US air cargo industry is struggling. Cargo volumes and revenues are down and fuel prices are up. Brown is feeling mighty blue these days. According to the most recent figures published by the Air Cargo Management Group, the industry saw traffic volumes plunge 10% and revenues dropped 3%.
On March 23/10 USTRANSCOM awarded 5 contracts worth a total of $869.5 million to haul military freight around the US CENTCOM’s area of responsibility, which includes the Middle East and Central Asia. The winners contractors will compete for task orders to deliver cargo door-to-door for USCENTCOM.
Contracts and Key Events
For contracts under this heading, work will be performed in the CENTCOM AOR. Each contract is for 1 year with a 1-year option. Should that option be exercised, the contract would be good through March 31/12. Total contract value for all 5 contracts is $869.5 million, with a minimum guarantee of $2,500 per awardee. Electronic proposals were solicited and 9 proposals were received by the USTRANSCOM Acquisition Directorate at Scott Air Force Base, IL.
Oct 12/10: Afghan crash. A National Air Cargo C-130 that had taken off from Bagram AB crashes into mountains and bursts into flames near Kabul, Afghanistan, killing all 8 crew on board: 6 Filipinos, 1 Indian and 1 Kenyan. Agence France Presse.
March 23/10: Air Transport International in Little Rock, AR won an indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity, fixed-price award and will compete daily for business at the task order level. The contract is for time-definite, door-to-door transportation service for full pallet, less than full pallet and outsized/ oversized cargo shipments in the US CENTCOM AOR (HTC711-10-D-W001).
March 23/10: Evergreen International Airlines in McMinnville, OR won an indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity, fixed-price award and will compete daily for business at the task order level. The contract is for time definite, door-to-door transportation service for full pallet, less than full pallet, and outsized/ oversized cargo shipments in the US CENTCOM AOR (HTC711-10-D-W002).
March 23/10: Federal Express Corp. in Washington, DC won an indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity, fixed-price award and will compete daily for business at the task order level. The contract is for time definite, door-to-door transportation service for full pallet, less than full pallet, and outsized/ oversized cargo shipments in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (HTC711-10-D-W003).
March 23/10: National Air Cargo Group in Ypsilanti, MI won an indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity, fixed-price award and will compete daily for business at the task order level. The contract is for time definite, door-to-door transportation service for full pallet, less than full pallet, and outsized/ oversized cargo shipments in the US CENTCOM AOR (HTC711-10-D-W004).
March 23/10: United Parcel Service in Louisville, KY won an indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity, fixed-price award and will compete daily for business at the task order level. The contract is for time definite, door-to-door transportation service for full pallet, less than full pallet, and outsized/ oversized cargo shipments in the US CENTCOM AOR (HTC711-10-D-W005).
